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C. DOWLING April 14, 1931.

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Filed March 7, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l -50 gnmntoz CLINTON DOaiUNG C.DOWLING April 14, 1931.

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wm airman Patented Apr. 14, 1931 v .VUNI'TED STATES PATENT OFFICEcnnm'on DOW'LING, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TODOWLINGS i GOLF GAMES, INC A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE TOY Applicationfiled March 7,

This invention relates to amusement de vices intended for use by thoseinterested in golf, although it will be found to be adapt- I able foruse by others.

Briefly stated, the invention forming the subject of this applicationcontemplates a. novel spinningtoy in which the rotatable element such,for example, as a freely operated pointer is caused to play over theselectively exposedlegends on an adjustable disk positioned beneath thepointer, the legends on the disk being closely identified with golf andindicating the various plays therein and serving as a means ofdetermining the next position of the legend bearing disk.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a game of the characterspecified which is fascinating, cheap to manufacture and simple to play.I Other objects and advantages will be apnt' during the course of thefolowing ditic ription. j I In the accompanying drawings forming a partof this application and in which like numerals are employed to designatelike parts throughout the same, 7

Figure 1 is a plan viewof the toy in what might be said to be initialposition, I

Figure 2 is a similar view of the toy with so the legend bearing disk inan intermediate position,

' Figure 3 is a plan view of the pointer with the legend bearing disk infinal or putting position,

lgure 4 is a plan view of the toy with the face plate removed,

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3,

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure 3,

Figure 7 is an enlarged plan View of the legend bearing diskdetached.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose o1 illustration is shown apreferred embodi' ment of the invention, the numerals 6 and 8 dem'gnatespaced face and supporting plates, respectively, between which a legendhearing disk 9is rotatably mounted through the medium of a spindle 10.Of course, suitable means such as washers may be positioned be- 1930.Serial No. 434,028.

tween the spaced plates 6 and 8 to allow of the ready adjustment of thelegend bearing disk 9 and at the same time to hold the same againstundesired shifting.

As shown in Figure 7 the disk 9 has the peripheral portion thereofformed with radial groups of legends corresponding to the plays in golfand the arrangement of the groups of legends is such that one legend ofeach group may be seen through the annular series of radially disposedsight openings 11 in the face plate.

The legend bearing disk 9 is shown to be provided witha radial extensionor handle 14 terminating beyond the edges of the face and supportingplates 6 and 8, respectively, for manual engagement, this feature of theinvention providing a simple means by which the disk may be turned topresent a, new set of legends to the sight openings 11.

Figures 1 and 2 illustrate that the face plate or member 6 is providedwith a trans verse sight opening affording a view of the golf shotrepresenting symbols on the extension 14, and as is believed to beapparent, the symbols on the extension 14 may be selectively brought inline with the arrow 22 by manual adjustment of the extension.

The initial position of the legend bearing disk or member 9 is shown inFigure 1 in which the word driver is positioned in line or register withthe arrow 22. Such an adjustment of the disk 9 positions one legend ofeach group of legends to be seen through the sight openings 11, whilethe remaining legends of the various groups of legends are concealedbeneath the face plate 6.

When the legend bearing disk has been placed in its initial position asshown in Figure 1, the player spins the pointer 18 to cause the same toplay over the exposed legends and the particular legend to which thepointer is closest when it stops indicates the length of the imaginarydrive. For example, in Figure 1, the pointer 18 indicates an imaginarydrive of 295 yards.

At this point, attention might be invited to the rules of the game inaccordance with which rules the player whose turn it is spins thepointer 18 and should his imaginary I drive be less than 250 yards hissecond imaginary shot will be with the brassie, indicating, of course,that the symbol brassie on the extension 14 is to be brought intoregistration with the arrow 22.

Should the pointer 18, on the initial spinning thereof, point to ayardage ranging from 250 or 300, the disk 9, and more particularly theextension 14 thereof, will be positioned with the symbolmidironbinrregistration with the fixed arrow or indicator 22 to expose aseries of legends different from;

l cealed.

If the pointer 18 indicates the imaginary shot to be in a trap 'or tohave a bad lie,

the player is penalized one stroke and is required to spin the pointer18 again.

If, as a result of spinning of the pointer 18 while the disk is in themashie position, the spinner points to a legend indicating that theimaginaryball has overrun or shot off the green, the player is, on hisnext shot, required to position the extension 14 so that the symbolMashie niblick will be in register with the arrow 14. Thus, in effect,the" 7 player is caused to lose a stroke. 1

A tally disk 28 is positioned between the plates 6 and 8 and isrotatably supported by a spindle-30 which, in addition to functioning assuch, will serve as a means'for connecting the face and supportingplates. The tally disk 28 bears series of numbers adapted to be seensingly through the sight opening 32 in the face plate 6. Through themedium of the talley disk, the number of times required to spin thepointer 18 to complete an imaginary hole may be recorded.

A talley disk 24 positioned between the face plate 6 and the supportingplate 8 is mounted on a spindle 26fcorresponding in purpose to thespindle 30. The disk 24 bears numbers seen through a sight opening 34tov indicate the number of holes played.

' In operation, the radial extension 14 of the initial bearing disk 9 ispositioned to align the symbol Driver with the arrow 22, after which thepointer 18 is spun and'the number to which the same is found to bepointing when it stops will determine thenext position of the disk 9.

If a number less than 250 appears in the sight opening to which thearrow 18 points as a result of the initial spinning thereof, the playerwill turn the disk 9, through the extension 14 thereof, so that thesymbol Brassie will appear in line with the arrow 22. The pointer is nowspun again and the legend to which'the same is found to be point ing atthe completion of the spinning indicates the next position of theadjustable disk.

For example, if the arrow 14 points to the symbol Green the disk 9 isturned to present the symbol Putter to the arrow 22,

this position being illustrated in Figure 3.

The player nowspins the pointer 18 again and if the same comes to restpointing to the legend In the hole is regarded as having been completedor made andthe number of times it was necessary to operate the pointer18 determines the score of the player for a particular hole.

' The invention application is capable of a wide variety of expressionsinvolving slightly differentarrangements and it is therefore to beunderstood that the form of inventionherewith forming the subject ofthis shown and described is to be taken merely responding to shotsina'golf game, a second member'in superposed relation to said first memberand having an annular series of circumferentially spacedsight openingsto simultaneously frame and expose one legend of each group of legendsand thereby form a circle of individual legends, said second namedmember also being provided with a marker with which the golf shotrepresenting symbols are adapted to separately register, and a pivotallymounted spinner adapted to play about the individually andsimultaneously exposed legends visible through said sight openings anddictating the golf shotindicating symbol that shall register with themarker on said second member for subsequent play. V I I r 2. In asimulated golf game, a member having a group of symbols representingshots in a golf game, a second member having a marker with which thegolf shot representing symbols of said group of symbols are adapted toseparately register to temporarily fix the position of one of saidmembers with respect to the other member, one'of said members having anannular series of groups of legends representing plays in a golf gameand the other member having circumferentially spaced sight openings tosimultaneous 1y frame and expose one legend of each group the invention,what CLINTON DOWLING.

